WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2015
STATEN ISLAND, NY
Two firefighters suffered minor injuries battling a
three-alarm fire in Annadale Tuesday afternoon and were taken to Richmond
University Medical Center for treatment.
The emergency call came in at 4:35 p.m. for a fire that
ignited in the attic of the private home at 11 Kenmore Street. The blaze was
quickly upgraded to a three-alarm at 5:12 p.m and was under control an hour
later, according to an FDNY spokesman.
Dozens of firefighters and emergency personnel responded to
the scene just off Woodrow Road. Neighbors lined up the street after smelling
smoke circulating the neighborhood.
"I just saw a bunch of flames coming from the top of
the house," one neighbor said. "You could smell all the smoke from a
few blocks over."
There were no civilian injuries, the spokesman said.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.